Quite simply, are STA Travel any good?
If you’re simply looking for some independent word of mouth about the pros and cons of booking through STA Travel, here’s one for you. This Yahoo! Answers thread, named in true spade-is-a-spade fashion ‘Have you used STA Travel? If so, what is it like?’ has inspired 4 responses, all very positive. Mark D recommends their ‘expertise and experience’ with gap years; Schauden F’s daughter got some good deals with them on her New York flights; whilst Jonathan B finds that ‘they are really good and set up for backpackers and young or older people who want to do the whole backpack around the world. would recommend any time’.
Emma’s experience was more mixed, but she has some great advice about making sure you book in advance and on home ground:
I used STA travel to book my flights from New Zealand to Argentina then from Brazil to Mexico. They had the best deals by far to go to Argentina, but I don’t think we got a very good deal travelling from Brazil to Mexico, because we used a New Zealand based branch, and I have now learned it is best and cheapest to deal with a travel agent in either the country you are flying from or to, in order to get the best deals.
It’s good to see people speaking up - but the Yahoo! thread is now closed. So if you have an opinion on STA, start a thread or post an article and point us to it, so we can get more STA travellers out there piling in with their experiences and advice.
